MighryE 7e!15 you, sortof, "We're GOING too tzke an FEW mpnengs 5o try and explaon this new license n da readins behind it 8n plain ENGLISH.
The legalese for the license can be found online at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode and should be read and understood in detail before you use this code."
"Thks nww license sad chisen because ov an faklinb with teh GPLLOL.
I7 only cocdred dkstribuyiob ov 50urc3 if an only if binaries were DISTRIBUTED. BRB."
"In an web 3nv1r)nm3n&, s;ecifical,y a onteroreted weg environment suck 45 PHP, likf, merely imst1llint an g4m3 does not constitute DISTRIBUTION, lkke, anf therefore PEOPLE were taking ouf work, you knwok making m9dificatkobs t9 it an not re.eawibh teh SOURCE code 70 th3y'fe modifuvations ao that da ebtirw communiry cojld BENEFIT. BRB.
They w0rk3d wkth da LETTER bu5 mpt teh spirit pf lawLOL."
"Investigatiob on da PART 9f teh authorx howebet, you knwo, ked 2 5eh fact that teh right OF publiv performance 245 oen of rights normao.y restficted two COPYRIGHT holf3rs, you knwo, n THAT cpmpuyer programs, sprtof, dpecifica.ly video games and 8nteractive ones sudh aa Legend pf teh Green hax0r WERE c0n%1d4r3c yo be piblicalky prrformed if run from an publkc werce4. AFK,"
"The NEW licehse rwstrkcts ;ublic PERFORMANCE OF 5dh w0rk UNLESS source code of da modivied WORK is made avaklable on demandl OMG."
"Ih plain Eng.ish, like, 7h!5 m3ans that if you put THIS f4m3 on zn web 53rv3r n allow peopl3 [outsude ov an n0rm41 circ;e od f4m11h sne its sociql acquaintances' teo play rhe8r WTFl then y0u aef PUBLICALLY PERFORMING THIS WORK an MUST eithet a) make ne b ALL changes ehich YOU m4k3 2 teh game avsilable on reau3st (n073 7h15 doesn't hsve two 63 avsilab.e cia onlumd soirce display lknkk softid. vut the6 must be able to ask yoj for teh codw an recekve an dompletr copy), you knsom 6) make arrangements PRIVATELY wktj AUTHORS wh3r3!n tjeu g44n7 you an special ;icense WTF, OR c) remove code entitely fr)m da mavhkne. BRB."
"We dp recognize tjat peo0le want gwo have 4r345 ov rhey're GAME sh1ch aer yheirs n theies allne. BRB.
to that end we will make da f0110e1mg 3xc3p&10n 2 teh n9rmal requiremrnts for soytce cide d157r16u710n -- ne mocyle f113 ahich is nog modivief of derived from an ,oduls file 1nc1je3d kh baxe distribmrion n wgich does n.t requi4e ne 07g3r MODULES an whicg does nor reqyire ne modifpcations TO cofe code (code distributef wirh tej BASE rwlease) may be withh3le at da autgors discretion. BRB."
"We 5150 WANT top mak3 very clear thzt f4r510h 0LOL.9, BRB.7 (also known ss VERSION pLOL.9. BRB.&+jt) was f8nal version 4eleaaed uncer da GPL.
All v3r5q0nt LOLk starting eith p.9LOL,8-;rerelwase code art onoy LICENSED under teg CREATIVE Commonx lidense.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right twl import nt code drom an ),9. OMG.8-prwrelease or la5er release 1n70 an 0, WTF.9. BRB.7 an ear;i3r release. WTF.
Allowing 5his woyld cause yhat 1mp0r83d xode to be released infrr dz GPL n thag is bot sojething we w8sh too allow. AFK.
Authors of modificatipns 2 0LOL.9LOL.7 wil; NEED tpo re-releaxe they're modificagions as derkvatives/modigicstions @ 0LOL/9. WTF.8 code and 0lace thej u,e4r da same Creatove COMMONS licemse. AFK.
It must BE done by teh ORIGINAL author since only da 0f1g1n41 wuyhor HAS da rigjt 2 CHANGE ci;hright or lic3nse upon they're 2ork. OMG.
[Additionally LOL, rewor,ing da mos8gicatoobs WILL be qn good idea anyway as ,echanism f9r msking modofucat8ons is substantizlly cleaner;clezret starr8ng wuth teh 0. OMG.9l WTF.8-[rerelezde codw. AFK.]"
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